Telescope pioneer tells Abilene students about Hubble's replacement

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Hardin-Simmons University students and telescope enthusiasts listens as Scott Acton talks about the James Webb Space Telescope at HSU’s Sid Richardson Lecture Hall on Thursday.

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Scott Acton, wavefront sensing and controls scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, talks about construction of the telescope during his visit at Hardin-Simmons University’s Sid Richardson Lecture Hall on Thursday.

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Scott Acton, wavefront sensing and controls scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, discusses how the telescope will drastically change current knowledge of the universe during his visit at Hardin-Simmons University’s Sid Richardson Lecture Hall on Thursday. The James Webb Space Telescope is the replacement to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in the early 1990s.

A replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope is in the building stages, but most people don’t know about it. That needs to change, Scott Acton said.